To upgrade or not to upgrade—that is the question today’s dour economy is forcing many manufacturers to ask themselves about the old analog sensors and instrumentation in their plants. They often wrestle with the question for a while, looking for evidence that installing digital technology will squeeze more from their...
In the January 2012 issue of Automation World, the “Innovation As You See It” article  showcased reader and industry supplier input on the subject of automation technology innovation. After that article went...
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Whither PCs In Industrial Applications

I have had a few discussions with technology people from suppliers of process control systems about whether the trend to open systems went too far.
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Control |

HMI Software Improves Security, More

Wonderware InTouch 2012 human machine interface (HMI) software includes customer-requested enhancements and performance improvements.
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Automation Team |

Real-World Innovations

One of our favorite parts of conducting the annual Automation World Innovation Survey is to get a glimpse into what readers think are the most innovative automation technologies they’ve seen in the pa
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Automation Team |

Innovation As You See It

Despite varying observations collected in this year’s annual survey of Automation World subscribers, results show a clear consensus across industries about what constitutes innovation, as well as what
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Control |

Leadership In Automation 2011: First Team Honorees

Automation World reports on who readers partner with to implement automation projects and improve their companies’ bottom lines.
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Operations |

Survey Points to Effective Data Management

If you can't understand it, you can't control it. Big data is ubiquitous in today’s business world and the challenge going forward is how to manage a large number of data points.
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Control |

Engineering School Innovations: MRI-Compatible Piezoelectric Actuated Robot

The video shows control of the rotation and translation of the needle placement robot inside MRI. While this is being done, the team can visualize (in real-time — 2.5Hz) the needle insertion trajectory inside the gelatin phantom, which is similar to the interior of human body.
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Laser Quality Plasma Cutting
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Precise Control for Complex Fabrication

Metal fabricator Waymatic achieves laser-level accuracy with a punch plasma machine using Sigma-5 servos and controllers and EtherCAT networking (CONTAINS VIDEO).
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Control |

Development Kit for Custom I/O

A new version of the CompactRIO Module Development Kit (MDK) and the introduction of the RIO Mezzanine Card (RMC) specification for NI Single-Board RIO expand the options for adding specialized or cus
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Chemical |

Activity Spurs Growth Forecasts for Chemicals, Packaging, Vehicles

Growth is in the cards for 2012. Just ask the automakers, the packagers and the chemical processors.
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Automation Team |

Proper Use of Standard Cost Methods Enhances Efficiency

Using standard costing techniques, manufacturing managers can more efficiently measure costs of goods sold, and allow for more effective budgeting and price setting on future jobs.
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Control |

Integrated PLC, Advanced Motion Controller

A3200 MotionPAC is a software-based programmable logic controller (PLC) that is completely integrated with the company’s A3200 motion controller to increase programming efficiency, decrease developmen
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Control |

PC-based Control Software Gets Object-Oriented Extensions

Called “the most significant upgrade since 1996,” TwinCAT PC-based control software now has object-oriented IEC 61131-3 extensions and support for C and C++ programming languages.
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Energy Management |

Decentralized Servo Drive with Multi-Ethernet

Using a Multi-Ethernet interface, the IndraDrive Mi enables simple realization of modular machine concepts and varied automation structures with one single type of hardware.
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Average rank order of following six security priorities.
Security |

State of IT Security – A Study of Utilities and Energy Companies

A 14-page, cyber-security study from Ponemon Institute offers a telling report on energy organizations’ security objectives, readiness and current data risks.
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